Fast of 17 Tamuz 5770 (June 29, 2010) The
June 29, 2010 marks the fast of Tammuz 17.
Fasting the 17th of Tammuz Recalls the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians, the prelude to fire and pillage of the Temple which took place on the 9th of Av in 586 BCE
So remember that date as other unpleasant events of Jewish history, starting from the episode of explorers sent by Moses to scout the Promised Land until the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, the 17th of Tammuz also reminiscent of other miseries.
Among these, in particular, the breaking of the Tablets of the Law by Moses at the sight of Jews who danced around the golden calf. The Masters have said that all the bad things happened to the Jewish people in its long history come to serve in part to that offense, committed just 40 days when they were promulgated by the Ten Commandments, which included the prohibition of idolatry. Moses, in the opinion of most of the Masters, he broke the Tables of the Law on its own initiative (another thing that Moses did was spontaneously put back a day the gift of the Torah from Gd).
Many have wondered (and not only among the Masters): why Moses broke the tablets? After all, they were the work of God and therefore as more holy than you could imagine. Break might seem like a very sacrilegious act. Like Moses, he dared to do such a thing? Various answers were given. We present here the answer is very interesting that in the commentary to the Torah Meshekh Chokhmà, Rabbi Meir Simcha Ha-Kohen, who was born near Vilna in 1843 and died in 1926 in Dvinsk, in Latvia, where he was rabbi for nearly 40 years.
"It happened that when Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, became angry and threw the tablets from his hands, breaking them at the foot of the mountain" (Exodus 32:19).
The Torah and the Faith is the foundation of the people of Israel. All the holy things, like the land of Israel, Jerusalem, etc.., Are secondary and special, and their sanctity is subordinate to that of the Torah. For this there is no difference in time and place for everything related to the Torah, and it is the same both in the land of Israel to the Apart from this, apart from the specific commandments that concern in the Land (of Israel). The Torah is the same for a person who has reached the highest level, as Moses' man of God ", which for the most humble. Moses himself was not a mediator (see Deut. 5:5), and the Torah is not intrinsically connected with him, but itself has its own reason for being. In fact, Gd and the Torah are one, and how he has his reason for being, so is the Torah, and the existence of this if it does not depend on that of Saint Benedict. However, he who has limited intelligence can not conceive of a fact necessary in and of itself without any other purpose. So (the children of Israel) tried by every means to get the forms and images that represent the access roads to heaven, and said this is the car for the Gods, this is what controls and turns all the affairs of world. These forms were providing worship, offered sacrifices and burned incense. The wild dances originated from their concepts concrete and visible. All this stemmed from the fact that Moses delayed to come back to camp, and faith he was so shaken, they tried to get a calf to get off and a spirit from above, decreeing that it was the chariot of the gods, that controlled the earthly world and who had brought them out of Egypt. A sin Such was also subsequently made by Jeroboam (1 Kings 12).
This was why Moses was so angry, and cried, saying, How do you think I'm important, and that has some sanctity to the outside of the commandments of God, so much so that in my absence you have made a calf! But I am a man like you and the Torah does not depend on me. Even if I had not come at all, the reality of the Torah would not be changed. Do not think that the Temple and the Tabernacle have an intrinsic holiness, far from it! Do stay blessed in them among his children, but if they commit a sin, holiness totally abandoned (sacred objects), which become objects any to profane use. Titus entered the Holy of Holies (the Temple of Jerusalem), accompanied by a prostitute, and not succeeded at all, because the Temple was now devoid of all holiness. And even more: the Tablets of the Law, "work of God," also are not inherently holy, so are just under yours. At a time when the wife commits adultery under the wedding canopy, the tables are equal to the pieces of clay without any sanctity. They are holy only as long as you observe them. In conclusion: there is nothing sacred in the world that you have to give worship and submission. Only God is holy, His reason for being, and He alone is due homage and worship. All these things are sacred only effect of the order of the Creator, which he commanded to build a tabernacle where submit to Him alone, sacrifices and offerings. Now we can understand why Moses, "as he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing and realized how great was their mistake," was angry and threw the tablets from his hands ": he wanted to make people understand that there ' is no holiness and divinity outside the reality of the Creator, blessed be His holy name. If Moses had delivered to their tables, they would have simply replaced the calf with boards, without realizing his error. But when he broke the tablets, and they realized how far they were from the purpose of faith and pure Torah. Not There is no holiness in creation except by virtue of the fact that Israel observes the Torah in accordance with the will of the Creator, blessed be His name is holy, the true Being. For this the book of Deuteronomy (4:15) warns us: "... you saw no image."
Translation and adaptation. from Hebrew by David Gianfranco Di Segni (originally published in Shalom)
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